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Reading Corps celebrates first year in Bemidji

Rachael Pugleasa, a Reading Corps tutor at Horace May Elementary School, works with third-grader Maddie Sugar on daily enrichment activities. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Community garden plans finalized; Planting to start next week

Bemidji Community Food Shelf volunteers Roy Blackwood and Kent Minske set anchors Friday in the cement supports for the new holding tank platform being constructed for the community garden. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

TrekNorth graduation tonight; Senior looking forward to life post-high school

Hannah Marty, a senior at TrekNorth Junior & Senior High School, is one of 34 students who will graduate from the public charter school tonight. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Carnegie building named a ‘Site Worth Saving’

Cars pass by the Carnegie Library building Thursday afternoon. Local volunteers are hoping to raise $1.6 million to restore the building and move it away from State Highway 197. John Hageman | Bemidji Pioneer

Area Memorial Day events

Flags at grave sites are placed Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery as part of the annual "Flags-In" ceremony in preparation for Memorial Day on Monday in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci

Lueken’s, Bar 209 among Chamber of Commerce honorees

MONTE DRAPER | BEMIDJI PIONEER Bar 209 owners Brett and Derek Leach hold their award for being named one of the two Business of the Year winners Thursday at the 9th annual Awards of Excellence sponsored by the Bemidji Area Chamber of Commerce.
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Design Center building to see new tenants; Sears, St. Michel Furniture to move downtown
BEMIDJI — The Design Center building in downtown Bemidji will undergo major changes this summer. As the remaining merchandise from current business goes to auction today, another furniture store and Sears are preparing to move into the space at 123 Beltrami Ave NW. St. Michel...
news / business7 hours 48 min ago
Faculty, staff firings at White Earth college spur protest
MAHNOMEN — Students at White Earth Tribal and Community College are protesting the new president’s decision to fire a handful of faculty and staff members earlier this week, saying those firings would irreparably harm the school’s Native American identity. Just two weeks...
news / education7 hours 51 min ago
Police and fire report to May 25
Police Report The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls: Juvenile/Status crimes 5:36 p.m. Thursday, 2800 block of Ridgeway Avenue Northwest. A 22-year-old woman was arrested on charges of neglect or endangerment of a child. A juvenile was also arrested...
news / local8 hours 2 min ago
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Mike Reagan: Weathering the politicians
Recently, I read an interesting article in Newsweek about the connection between tornadoes and climate change. Newsweek’s story explained how top climate scientists were concerned about several ominous and fundamental changes occurring in Earth’s weather patterns. Evidence...
opinion / commentary8 hours 8 min ago
Donald Kaul: Scandal season at the Obama White House
It’s not an easy task, defending President Barack Obama from his enemies. The "scandals" keep popping up like dandelions — all of them explainable, after a fashion. Taken together, the explanations begin to sound like "the dog ate my homework." For example: No one would...
opinion / commentary8 hours 9 min ago
Bemidji begins Section 8-3A playoffs Monday against Sartell in Brainerd
BEMIDJI — A week ago the Bemidji High School baseball team was ranked 11th in the 12-team Section 8-3A field. Heading into Thursday’s game at Brainerd, and on the strength of a seven-game winning streak, the Lumberjacks had jumped into fourth place. BHS lost its regular season...
sports / lumberjacks9 hours 24 min ago
Dayton attends memorial for landslide victims
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (AP) — Students at a St. Louis Park elementary school gathered around a makeshift memorial filled with stuffed animals and flowers on Friday as they mourned two classmates who died in a landslide during a field trip to a Mississippi River park. Meanwhile,...
news / region16 hours 18 min ago
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Bemidji given No. 5 seed in 8-3A baseball playoffs
BEMIDJI – The Bemidji High School baseball team received the fifth seed in the Section 8-3A playoffs and will open its postseason noon Monday against No. 12 Sartell in Brainerd. The losers of the first-round games will be eliminated but if the Lumberjacks defeat Sartell they will...
sports / lumberjacks16 hours 56 min ago
Rare Superman comic found in Minnesota house insulation
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It's considered the Holy Grail of comic books: Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, featuring the debut of Superman. And David Gonzales found one mixed in with old newspapers insulating a wall in a house he was renovating in a small town in Minnesota. Gonzalez did...
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22-year-old Frazee man struck, killed by train
FRAZEE, Minn. – A 22-year-old Frazee man died Thursday night after he was struck by a train in Frazee, Becker County Sheriff Kelly Shannon said in a statement released this morning. Shannon said the victim, Sim V. Pettibone, was struck by a BNSF train about 11:23 p.m. about 200...
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Fighting aquatic invasive species top of list for local advocates
BEMIDJI — The fight against aquatic invasive species and how best to further an AIS taskforce committee was among the hot topics for area natural resource advocates in Beltrami County at a meeting here Thursday night. Members of the Beltrami County Lakes and Rivers Association...
outdoorsMay 24, 2013 - 12:03am
Suspect in Wisconsin homicide arrested in Duluth
A man was arrested at a Duluth motel Thursday night after a deadly shooting in Superior. The Superior Police Department earlier in the day called the midday death of a man found with a gunshot wound in a Superior manufacturer’s parking lot “suspicious.” The injury initially...
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Two Becker County deputies rescue dog from wildfire
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. -- Two Becker County sheriff’s deputies helped save a scared family dog caught in the Green Valley wildfire last week near Menahga. Deputy Todd Glander and Deputy Jon Peterson were helping with the evacuation of homes threatened by the fire, according to...
news / regionMay 23, 2013 - 8:01pm
Minnesota records more than 200 flu deaths this season
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Health officials say Minnesota topped 200 influenza-related deaths this flu season. In its final weekly report until next fall, the Minnesota Department of Health said Thursday there were 201 flu-related deaths during the 2012-13 influenza season. The...
news / regionMay 23, 2013 - 6:57pm
Area schools score well on American Indian performance
BEMIDJI — Multiple Bemidji area schools have been listed as top-performing schools in Minnesota for low-income and American Indian performance, according to statewide nonprofit agency.  In Bemidji, Central Elementary School (fourth in elementary Indian student performance),...
news / localMay 23, 2013 - 6:43pm

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